G7 Pledged Donating over a Billion COVID-19 Vaccines to Countries Worldwide

Half of this volume will be provided by the USA At the end of the G7 summit, the United States and other G7 countries announced their intention to transfer more than a billion COVID-19 vaccines to less affluent countries of the world. With this announcement, since 2020, the G7 countries have pledged to fund and supply about 2.3 billion vaccines. The United States provides about half of that amount and is the largest vaccine donor worldwide, according to a White House brief. The total of 2.3 billion includes support for expanding local manufacturing capacity around the world, which will increase the global vaccine supply by more than a billion doses by the end of 2022. US President Joe Biden has previously welcomed the desire of his colleagues to take an active part in international efforts to overcome the pandemic. The vaccine distribution - the largest in human history - is slated to begin in August this year. The package of proposed measures should also include the supply of medical equipment, measures to stimulate the growth of national economies, as well as prevention programs to protect against similar biological disasters in the future.